Door-hanger.



J. SIMPSON.

DOOR HAKGER. APPLIOATION TILED AUG. 9, 1907. v

912,192. Patented Feb. 9, 1909.

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UNITED STATES JAMES SIMPSON, OF VEEDERSBURG, INDIANA.

DOOR-HANGER.

Application filed August 9, 1997.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES SnirsoN, of Veedershurg, county of Fountain, and State of Indiana, have invented a certain new and useful Door-Hanger; and i do hereby declare that the iollowing is a full, clea and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals refer to like parts.

The object of this invention is to provide a simple, durable and economical means for opening and closing car doors and the like.

The nature of the invention stood from the accompanying drawings and the following description and claims:

In the dra ngs Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a railway car provided with my sliding door construction, the doors being shown closed. Fig. 2 is the same with the doors open. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line 3 3 o Fig. 1. Fig. e is an enlarged elevation of the low r end of an actuating lever. 5 is a section on the line 5-----5 of 1. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of he hand lever hol,

In detail an ordinary shown provided with ta. ing doors 11, the upper ends oi which slide 1 el 'nd a gr plate 12. Each door is Suspender bars 13 and let, the latter having a as a continuation of the lozver eno.

. e hereo These bars 13 and 1 are i lcrunied at their hind Wlien closed, the lozr r ends of the doors are held against t rc car av the plates 26 and 21 secured on the rod or rock-shaft mounted in hear' g s 23 secured to the side of the car on a low i level than the door.

l/Vlien it is desired to open the doors, the handle 15 is grasped and disengaged from. i inner catch 30 and the door moved later to the open position shown in 2, where the handle v1.5 is moved behind the outer catch 30. The handle 15, as seen in e, is secured to the bar 14 by a hinge 31 having a spring 32 that tends to hold the handle 15 straight and in alinement with the l: ar 14 out enables a person to pull the handle 15 out of engagement with the holder 30 when it is Specification of Letters Patent.

ill be under- Patented Feb. 9, 1909.

Serial No. 387,852.

desired to move the door edgewise. In their open positions the upper ends of the doors are still held from outward movement by the guard plate 12 and the lower ends of the doors are held from outward movement by the brackets 33, which are secured to the car and extend up above the lower edge of the door. Hence, these sliding doors are suspended doors. he points of suspension above being about midway between the extreme closing and opening movements of the door so that in hot'n the closing and opening positions suspension bars 13 and 1e hold the doors up with the upper ends thereof behind the guard plate 1.2. The spring handle 14 will be held by the spring rod tightly against the door and behind the holder 30, so that the door cannot move from either of its positions excepting when the handle is released. There are two of the brackets The inner one of them should be placed low enough so as not to engage the lower end of the door le it is being swung.

what I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination with a structure having an opening, of an edg'ewise movable door, a pai of liars pivoted. to the door at their lower ends and to the structure at their upper ends with points to one side of a vertical line through the lower pivots, a handle on one of said suspension bars, and means on the door for engaging the handle in the open and closed positions for iolding the door in place.

The combination with a structure having an opening, of an edgewise movable door, a pair 01" hars pivoted to the door at their lower ends and to the structure at their upper ends with points to one side of a vertical line through the lower pivots, a handle that is a continuation of one 01 said suspension cars, a spring hinge for securing the handle to the ar so as to hold the handle normally against the door, and holding blocls secured to the door in positions for engaging and holding said die when the door is closed and when the door is open.

in witness whereof I have hereunto alliXed my signature in the presence of the witnesses herein named.

JAMES SIMPSON. 

